Deodorant composition

Abstract

A deodorant skin treatment product comprises a deodorizing amount of a deodorant composition and a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the composition other than soap or non-soap detergent. The product can be applied to the skin in order to provide prolonged protection against the development of body malodor.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A deodorant skin treatment product comprising: (i) from 0.01 to 20% by weight of a deodorant composition having a deodorant value of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test;   (ii) up to 99.9% by weight of a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the composition; the deodorant composition comprising from 45 to 100% by weight of deodorant components, said components having a lipoxidase-inhibiting capacity of at least 50% or a Raoult variance ratio of at least 1.1, said components being classified into six classes consisting of:   Class 1: phenolic substances   Class 2: essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils   Class 3: aldehydes and ketones   Class 4: polycyclic compounds   Class 5: esters   Class 6: alcohols, provided that where a component can be classified into more than one class, it is placed in the lower or lowest numbered class;     said components being so selected that (a) the deodorant composition contains at least five components of which at least one must be selected from each of class 1, class 2 and class 4;   (b) the deodorant composition contains components from at least 4 of the 6 classes; and   (c) any component present in the deodorant composition at a concentration of less than 0.5% by weight of said composition is eliminated from the requirements of (a) and (b).     
     
     
       2. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein the deodorant composition has a deodorant value of from 0.90 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test. 
     
     
       3. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein the deodorant composition has a deodorant value of from 1.20 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test. 
     
     
       4. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein the amount of deodorant components present in said class comprising phenolic substances and said class comprising essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils and said class comprising polycyclic compounds, is at least 1% by weight of the deodorant composition for each of said classes, and the amount of deodorant components present in said further class chosen from the remaining three classes is at least 1% by weight of the deodorant composition. 
     
     
       5. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein the average concentration of all such components present is at least 5% by weight where four of said classes is represented, or at least 4.5% by weight where five or six of said classes is represented. 
     
     
       6. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein the amount of deodorant components present in said class comprising phenolic substances and said class comprising essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils and said class comprising polycyclic compounds, is at least 3% by weight of the deodorant composition for each of said classes and the amount of deodorant components present in said further class chosen from the remaining three classes is at least 3% by weight of the deodorant composition. 
     
     
       7. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein at least five of the classes is represented. 
     
     
       8. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein all six classes are represented. 
     
     
       9. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein the vehicle comprises from 80-99.99% by weight of the product. 
     
     
       10. A process for preparing the deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 which comprises mixing the deodorant composition with the cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the composition to provide a deodorant skin treatment product, said product comprising from 0.01 to 20% by weight of the deodorant composition and up to 99.99% by weight of the vehicle. 
     
     
       11. A method for suppressing human body malodour which comprises applying to the skin in the region of apocrine sweat glands the deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1. 
     
     
       12. The deodorant skin treatment product of claim 1 wherein the said deodorant components are chosen from: Class 1--Phenolic substances iso-Amyl salicylate   Benzyl salicylate   Carvacrol   Clove leaf oil   Ethyl vanillin   iso-Eugenol   LRG201   Mousse de chene Yugo   Pimento leaf oil   Thyme oil red     Class 2--Essential Oils, extracts, resins, "synthetic" oils (denoted by "AB") Benzoin Siam resinoids   Bergamot AB 37   Bergamot AB 430   Geranium AB 76   Geranium oil   Opoponax resinoid   Patchouli oil   Petitgrain oil   Pomeransol AB 314     Class 3--Aldehydes and ketones 6-Acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyltetrahydronaphthalene   p-t-Amyl cyclohexane   p-t-Butyl-α-methyl hydrocinnamic aldehyde   2-n-Heptyl cyclopentanone   α-iso-Methyl ionone   β-Methyl naphthyl ketone     Class 4--Polycyclic compounds Coumarin   1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,9-hexamethyl cyclopenta-γ-2-benzopyran   3a-Methyl-dodecahydro-6,6,9a-trimethylnaphtho (2,1-b)furan   β-Naphthyl methyl ether     Class 5--Esters o-t-Butylcyclohexyl acetate   p-t-Butylcyclohexyl acetate   Diethyl phthalate   Nonanediol-1,3-diacetate   Nonanolide-1:4   i-Nonyl acetate   i-Nonyl formate     Class 6--Alcohols Dimyrcetol   Phenylethyl alcohol   Tetrahydromuguol.